Diluting English river standards a backward step, campaigners warn

Investment needed to achieve target of 75% rivers rated good, Environment Agency told Wildlife and countryside campaigners are urging the head of the Environment Agency not to weaken key rules which are driving the clean-up of rivers in England.Leading figures in the environmental sector have written to Sir James Bevan, chief executive of the EA, after a speech in which he suggested weakening the EU water framework directive now that the UK had left the union. To do so, the signatories to the letter say, would be a backward step. Continue reading...